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The Wire 507 is out now! Featuring Sunn O))) on the cover in special Savage Pencil black and white editions, plus Delphine Dora, The Sleeves, Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Brion Gysin, Irmin Schmidt’s Invisible Jukebox, and much more. Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/

To complement his interview in The Wire 507, US bassist and composer Jair-Rohm Parker Wells creates an exclusive Wire mix thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/w…

Inside The Wire 507: Brion Gysin The Beat-adjacent conceptualist's collaborator Ramuntcho Matta discusses Gysin's immense impact on literature, music, cut-ups and collages, as revealed in a Paris exhibition. By Daniel Spicer thewire.co.uk/issues/507

In his latest Secret History Of Film Music column, Philip Brophy considers the sound of masculine sensitivity through the scores of Bryce Dessner. Films discussed: C’mon C’mon (2021), We Live In Time (2024), Bardo, A False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths (2022), Train Dreams (2025), and more. thewire.co.uk/in-writing/col…

The story of Yoko Ono’s life and work provides a lens for examining the catalytic avant garde art movements of the mid-20th century, writes Mark Webber in The Wire 507 thewire.co.uk/in-writing/ess…

Adam Bohman has been operating on the outer fringes of experimental music for over 40 years; here are some examples of his visual art. thewire.co.uk/galleries/gall…

In October 2025, The Arcade Orchestra formed to play a tribute concert for New Zealand musician Dean Roberts, who died in 2024. This is the recording of that performance. thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/p…

Inside The Wire 507: Delphine Dora ”I have a deep love for words, but I'm equally fascinated by what exists beyond them. That's probably why poetry attracts me so much - it sits precisely at that threshold between language and something more elusive." Often singing in an invented language, the French composer channels poetry, spiritual writings and folk traditions in a search for a deeper experience of inner life By Miloš Hroch. Photography by Adrien Tisserand. thewire.co.uk/issues/507

Listen back to last Thursday's edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on @ResonanceFM and @ResonanceEXTRA, which was hosted by Joseph Stannard and featured tracks by Sunn O))), Eek-A-Mouse + Sly & Robbie, Kaloja, Shewolff and more thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/j…

Inside The Wire 507: The Sleeves "In that world [of improvising] it can be so exciting, but there can be a little bit of a fear around repeating anything. That stream of consciousness thing: you can be there with it, and it can be exciting to watch, but I almost feel like there's a ceiling sometimes. And it's so nice to sit on something, especially if you lock in with someone, and we have a lot of shared references." The guitar duo's spare, lo-fi songs emerge from playful improvisation. Read the full article in The Wire 507 - available to buy at the links in the bio. Read the full article in The Wire 507. thewire.co.uk/shop/

Against The Grain: London’s last jukeboxes The few remaining jukeboxes in London’s pubs and bars salvage a mode of music consumption from the junkyards of history, argues Deborah Nash in The Wire 507. Read the article in full here: thewire.co.uk/in-writing/col…

An annual message from The Wire Publishing an independent music magazine is tougher than ever. We need your continuing support thewire.co.uk/in-writing/ess…

Tonight on @ResonanceFM & @ResonanceEXTRA Joseph Stannard hosts The Wire's weekly radio show, delivering a deluge of delights including tracks by 808 State vs Humanoid, Kristen Gallerneaux, Sunn O))) (pictured) and more. Tune in from 9pm BST extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 Charles Peterson

Below The Radar 50! Print and digital subscribers of The Wire can now stream and download the latest bumper edition of Below The Radar - our regular subscriber only compilation of experimental underground music. Volume 50 of Below The Radar is a bumper edition featuring a record 27 tracks - by ans m, E The Artist, Isabelle Duthoite, Girl Pusher, Jay Mitta, Kareem Samara, Only Now and many more. thewire.co.uk/audio/btr/belo…

Listen back to last night's edition of The Wire's weekly radio show on @ResonanceFM and @ResonanceEXTRA, which was hosted by Chris Bohn and featured tracks by badbluebirdz, Lao Dan Chicago Quartet, Albert Ayler Quintet, Bettina Koster and more thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air/c…

Stream a selection of tracks from releases we listened to during the making of our May 2026 issue thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/o…

Tonight on @ResonanceFM & @ResonanceEXTRA, Chris Bohn hosts Adventures In Sound And Music, playing tracks by Albert Ayler Quintet, Black Nile, and Lucy Liyou (pictured) + a special tribute to Mania D/Malaria!’s singer/saxophonist, Bettina Koester. Tune in from 9pm BST extra.resonance.fm/schedule 📷 Experimental Sound Studio

In his latest Secret History of Film Music column, Philip Brophy considers Daniel Lopatin's score for Uncut Gems (2019) and its context within an aesthetic of ‘bling’ thewire.co.uk/in-writing/col…

Issue 507. Out tomorrow. On newsstands from Thursday. thewire.co.uk/home/